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bird | pants |

As a proper noun bird

is .

As a noun pants is

.

As a verb pants is

to pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants or pants can be (pant).

As an adjective pants is

(british|slang) of inferior quality, rubbish.

bird

English

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Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), (m), , of uncertain origin and relation.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
    • Ducks and sparrows are birds .
  • * 2004 , Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds , page 50:
    • The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.
  • (dated, slang) A man, fellow.
  • * 1886 , Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual
    • He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 24:
    • The door opened and a tall hungry-looking bird with a cane and a big nose came in neatly, shut the door behind him against the pressure of the door closer, marched over to the desk and placed a wrapped parcel on the desk.
  • * 2006 , Jeff Fields, Terry Kay, A cry of angels
    • "Ah, he's a funny bird ," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.
  • (UK, US, slang, used by men) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
  • * Campbell
    • And by my word! the bonny bird / In danger shall not tarry.
  • * 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems''' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
    • The usual visual grammar was in place – a carpet in the street, people in paddocks awaiting a brush with something glamorous, blokes with earpieces, birds in frocks of colliding colours that if sighted in nature would indicate the presence of poison.
  • (UK, Ireland, slang) Girlfriend.
    • Mike went out with his bird last night.
  • (slang) An airplane.
  • (obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird .
  • * Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20)
    • The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
    Synonyms
    * (man) chap, bloke, guy * (woman) broad, chick, dame, girl, lass * See also * See also
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush * adult bird * a funny bird * a gay old bird * Alberta's provincial bird * a little bird * a little bird told me * aquatic bird * a queer bird * band birds * beach birds * bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) * big bird * Big Bird * bird bath * birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea ) * birdbrain, bird brain * birdbrained, bird-brained * birdbrained person * birdcage * birdcage clock * birdcall, bird-call, bird call * birdcall imitation, bird-call imitation, bird call imitation * birdcall imitator, bird-call imitator, bird call imitator * birdcatcher, bird-catcher, bird catcher * birdcatching, bird-catching, bird catching * bird-catching net * bird dealer, bird-dealer * bird-do * bird dog * bird-dog * bird-dogged * bird-dogging * bird-dogs * birder * bird eye * bird flu * birdfood, bird food * bird-foot * bird-footed dinosaur * bird hatch * bird hatching * bird-hipped * bird-hipped dinosaur * birdhouse, bird-house, bird house * birdie * birdied * birdieing * bird influenza * bird in the hand, bird in hand * birding * birdlet * bird life * birdlike, bird-like * birdlime * birdlimed * birdlimer * birdlimes * birdliming * bird louse * birdlover, bird-lover, bird lover * birdloving, bird-loving, bird loving * birdly * birdman * bird of freedom * bird of ill omen * bird of Jove * bird of Juno * bird of paradise * bird-of-paradise * Bird of Paradise * bird-of-paradise flower * bird of passage * bird of peace * bird of prey * bird pepper * birdseed * birdseller, bird-seller * bird's eye * bird's-eye map * bird's-eye maple, bird's eye maple (Acer saccharum ) * bird's-eye maple wood veneer * bird's-eye primrose * bird's-eye speedwell * bird's-eye view * bird's-foot * bird's-foot trefoil * bird's-foot violet * bird shit * birdshot, bird shot * bird's mouth * bird's-nest orchid * bird's-nest soup, bird's nest soup * birds of a feather, birds of a feather flock together * birdsong * birds of paradise, birds-of-paradise * bird spider * bird's tooth * birdstore, bird store * birdstrike, bird strike * * bird table * birdwatcher, bird-watcher, bird watcher * birdwatching, bird-watching, bird watching * birdwoman * birdy * clever bird * cock bird, cock-bird * dickeybird, dickybird * do bird * early bird * eat like a bird * European bird cherry * fine feathers make fine birds * frigate bird * for the birds * gamebird, game-bird, game bird * gamebird farmer, game-bird farmer * get the bird * give somebody the bird, give someone the bird * hen bird * hummingbird, humming-bird, humming bird * kill two birds with one stone * like a bird * little bird * odd bird * old bird * rare bird * seabird * shorebird, shore bird * strange bird * the bird has flown, the bird is flown * the birds and the bees * the early bird catches the worm * waterbird, water bird
    See also
    * burd * chirp * squawk * tweet * * (wikipedia) * (commonslite) * (Aves)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment
  • To catch or shoot birds.
  • (figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
    • (Ben Jonson)

    Etymology 2

    Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time"

    Noun

    (-)
  • A prison sentence.
    • He’s doing bird .
    Synonyms
    * (prison sentence) porridge, stretch, time

    Etymology 3

    Dated in the mid?18th Century; derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a ”.

    Noun

  • The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
  • * 2002 , The Advocate , "Flying fickle finger of faith", page 55.
    • For whatever reason — and there are so many to chose from — they flipped the bird in the direction of the tinted windows of the Bushmobile.
  • * 2003 , , The Beach House , Warner Books, page 305,
    • Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.
    Derived terms
    * flip the bird

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Asian slang) A penis.
    • Don't Touch My Bird .

    References

    *

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    pants

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from .

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • * 1933 , , Rabble in Arms , 1996, page 220:
    • “But they cover the legs,” Joseph explained. “That is the only reason my people wear pants': to cover the legs in the winter, or when traveling through rough country, full of thorns. In warm weather, or in open country, ' pants are unnecessary, uncomfortable, and foolish.”
  • * 1989 , , Penguin (2006), page 427:
    • Then he gave me a last desperate push and I tripped over the shorts caught around my ankles and fell down. I tried to pull my pants up with my boxing gloves but without success.In those days nobody wore underpants and I was bare-arsed and fancy free in front of everyone.
  • * 2010 , Ronald C. Eng (editor), Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills , 8th Edition, The Mountaineers Books, US, page 24:
    • Look for pants' with reinforced seats and knees and full-length side zippers that make it possible to put the ' pants on while you are wearing boots, crampons, skis, or snowshoes.
  • * 2005 , , page 12:
    • I rolled up the legs of the pants , then I went back into the trees.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=May 27 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).}}
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 39:
    • I decided to pass up her underclothes, not from feelings of delicacy, but because I couldn't see myself putting her pants on and snapping her brassière.
  • * 1976 , Nathan H. Azrin, Richard M. Foxx, Toilet Training in Less Than a Day , 1988, page 127:
    • Big girls get candy for dry pants .
  • * 1984 , (Martin Amis), Money , Vintage (2005), page 183:
    • As she bent over the intercom the little skirt went peek-a-boo and you could see white pants cupping her buttocks like a bra.
  • (fashion) English plurals
  • (UK, slang) rubbish; something worthless
    • You're talking pants !
    The film was a load (or pile) of pants .
    Synonyms
    * (outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards) breeks, britches, hosen, slacks, strides, trousers * (undergarment that covers the genitals and often neighbouring body parts) drawers, underpants, underwear *: (for men) boxers, boxer shorts, BVD's, ginch, gitch, gonch, gotch, jockeys, jockey shorts, shorts, skivvies, undershorts *: (for women) underpants, knickers, panties
    Hyponyms
    * (outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards) corduroys/cords, jeans
    Derived terms
    * -pants * all mouth and pants, all mouth and no pants * beat the pants off * ), seat-of-the-pants * * hot pants/hotpants * kick in the pants * overpants * smarty pants * the pants off (with scare, bore, beat, etc.) * wear the pants *

    Verb

    (es)
  • To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
  • * 1948 , University of California, Carolina Quarterly , page 47:
    • Keith Gerber has been pantsed twice already this summer by Lannie and Cling, and so his face is more resolved, the fear tempered by the fact that he understands these things to be inevitable.
  • * 1980 , William Hogan, The Quartzsite Trip , Atheneum, page 242:
    • [T]he other boys, Stretch Latham and Rod Becker mainly, pantsed him, got his jockey shorts away and threw them onto Hubcap Willie’s roof.
  • * 1993 , Harold Augenbraum, Ilan Stavans, Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories , page 174:
    • Richard did not stand too close to him, because he was always trying to pants him, and he would have died of shame if he did it tonight, because he knew his BVDs were dirty at the trap door.
    Synonyms
    * depants, de-pants, (British) keg

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British, slang) of inferior quality, rubbish.
    • Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?

    Etymology 2

    From the verb (term) (from (etyl) panten and (hence) the noun (pant).)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pant)

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